St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-07

year, the trade in dry goods during the week
was very active and very gratifying. Sales
show an increase of SO per cent over the
same period last year. The demand was
almost wholly for winter fabrics and at this
season of the year merchants are very
anxious to reduce their stocks of
goods, the trade was more than ad-
mirably satisfactory to them. There
was also large business done in fancy goods
for holiday trade silk handkerchiefs, fancy
scarfs. shawls, cloaks, toys, toilet boxes and
otner knicknacks being largely inquired for.
There was also large trade in blankets,
Maekinaw garments, lumbermen's sacks,
mittens. gloves, etc, the lumber trade taxing
those goods i'll liberal quantities for the
woods. Taking the business of the week
throughout. it was the most satisfactory one
our merchants have had for sixty days. The
activity in the cotton goods market continues
and daily advances are reported along the
whole line of domestics. Since our
last review, Pequot, Boston and
Utica, wide sheetings have nd
vaneed 2L2c peri yard in all widths, both
bleached and unbleached. All leading
makes of hleaehed muslins have advanced a
lac to Lee. and as manufacturers decline Or
ders for their goods, even at the advance,
further advances are looked for. Dwight
Star, Lockwood b, Nashua r and Verona
fine browns are now 7Lc. and Continental c,
Pepperel X and Aurora X are up to &c. IN
general ii may be stated that the market is
very strong, with the demand upon mannfac-
turers far exceeding the supply of goods
Gunny bags are soc per 100 higher. tits
very gratifying. i'll view of the so-called
stringency of money throughout the country,
TO be able to report collections with our
wholesale houses were never SO good as they
are at the present time. The month of No
vember shows an increase of receipts from
customers aggregating over 40 per cent
ahead of 1885, and 20 per cent ahead of two
years ago. The announcement is even now
reiterated that times are hard. yet here
stands the fact that Is vouched for by several
of the largest wholesale dealers i'll st. Paul,
in different lines of business. that their col
lections are 40 per cent bigger
than ever before. In the East money
goes begging at . per cent.and manufacturers
are so overcrowded with orders that they will
not accept any more even ut the advance.
Groceries were never so active nor the de-
mand so vigorous as now, nor have collec-
tons ever been So satisfactory as they are at
present. Prices are very firm and generally
higher. Teas are little lower. Sugars have
advanced i'll very decided manner. Cheese
has advanced lc all around. Drugs are very
active. with large sales, good demand and
very satisfactory collections Borax, calomel,
quicksilver, quinine, linseed oil, both boiled
and raw, have advanced In hardware there
is good deal of activity, with firm. and on
one articles. advancing prices. Tin. lead
and copper have advanced several times
during the last two weeks, making it neces-
Sary to advance all goods i'll which these
materials are used in their manufacture. Tin
has advanced to lJc. which is an advance of
30 per cent: copper to 4c. which is - per
cent, and lead to &c. which is 81. per cent.
Other articles are very much the same as
usual.